Thiruvanathapuram: Kerala is heading for a significant phase in its demographic transition with the state moving towards achieving zero population growth rate, which will result in an increase in scarcity of labour. With a very low fertility rate and stabilising death rate, Kerala is expected to achieve zero population growth rate in 25 to 30 years, a stage indicating the incipient decline of the population, according to the State Urbanisation...
10:50 AM, Aug 10, 2012
Bangalore: Close to half the households in urban areas in the state live in rented houses, revealed the latest census data released by Karnatakas directorate of census operations. Of the total 53.15 lakh households in the urban areas, 27.13 lakh people live in rented accommodation. Also, of these total households, 15 per cent still do not have latrine within the premises and 12 per cent do not have drainage while...
03:02 PM, Jul 26, 2012
Mumbai: Two-time Olympian shuttler Aparna Popat is confident that India would have its best-ever showing in the history of Olympic Games this time and expects a haul of at least half a dozen medals in the mega event-that kicks off on Friday in London. "I think six or seven medals is what we can look for from this Olympics," Popat told PTI here at an event organised by a sports...
06:19 PM, Jul 25, 2012
New Delhi: The magic of Booker Prize shortlisted Amitav Ghosh's novel, "The Sea of Poppies," a gripping tale of the sea journey of indentured labourers during the 1830s, just before the Opium War, is set to be translated on celluloid. Tentatively titled "Afeem Ka Sagar," some of the most compelling parts of the film have been planned to be shot in Bhojpuri, a dialect spoken in Bihar and eastern Uttar...
11:32 AM, Jul 13, 2012
New Delhi: The significance of the World Population Day, observed on July 11 every year, lies in the fact that the world holds 7,025,071,966 people as on July 9, 2012, a leap of over 2.5 times over the last fifty years, while earth's resources remain finite. A huge number of people, running into billions, suffer from abject poverty, starvation, malnutrition, diseases, illiteracy, lack of access to healthcare, wars and all...
09:53 AM, Jul 11, 2012
Singer Justin Bieber is trying to shed his baby tag with the song 'Boyfriend'. ...
07:30 PM, Jul 10, 2012
The World Population Day is observed on July 11 every year to raise the awareness of people about global population issues. In 1989, in its decision 89/46, the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme recommended that, in order to focus attention on the urgency and importance of population issues in the context of overall development plans and programmes and the need to find solutions for these issues, 11...
08:46 AM, Jul 10, 2012
Los Angeles: Pop diva Madonna is not pleased with her 15-year-old daughter Lourdes after she was recently spotted smoking a cigarette. "I wasn't very happy. I am a tough mother but I don't think I'm as tough as I should be. I think I need to be tougher. It's hard - every day is a negotiation. But cigarette smoking I'm not very fond of - for anyone," she said. The...
11:56 AM, Jul 09, 2012
Melbourne: Topless pictures of an Indian-origin singer, who is Gold Coast city's pick to promote tourism in India, has left a section of the Indian community uneasy with some speaking against such moves to sell tourism to a largely conservative India. Queensland-raised pop singer Aiysha Saagar was recently selected as the Gold Coast Goodwill Ambassador by the eastern city's Mayor Tom Tate, and she is set to travel to India...
07:37 PM, Jul 04, 2012
London: Pop star Katy Perry says she sometimes feels that she has a split personality. The Firework hitmaker also said that her outrageous outfit choices reflect her moods at the time and that is why her creations are sometimes bizarre because she feels a mixture of emotions, reported Femalefirst. "My sense of style is like one of those things that change colour with mood, always evolving. When I get up,...
06:08 PM, Jun 29, 2012
I noticed that in my last blog (the kind comments on which are greatly appreciated) on the summers of my childhood spent immersed in books ...
04:04 PM, Jun 14, 2012
Just as the same size and shape of varied colour of sweets wrapped up as 'Poppins', a movie is being planned with eight lead stars of Mollywood, appearing as four couples of equal importance. Yes, the new movie by VK Prakash will be titled 'Poppins' and will have the equal length emotional stories of four couples played by Anoop Menon-Ann Augustine, Jayasurya-Meghna Raj, Kunchakko Boban-Nithya Menen and Indrajith-Padmapriya. The movie...
03:32 PM, Jun 12, 2012
New Delhi: A new TV campaign for Pop Chips has featured Ashton Kutcher in many avatars, out of which one is of an Indian producer 'Raj'. With heavily accented language and body scratching virtues, the character didn't go well with the Indo-American community and an online campaign started in protest of the ad. One of the initiative takers of this campaign was the writer Anil Dash who wrote," Hey, startups...
01:14 PM, May 03, 2012
A never-seen-before interview with Apple co-founder Steve Jobs will premiere next month. In the interview, Jobs speaks about how he pulled off a prank call to the Pope, saying he was US secretary of state Henry Kissinger. Jobs was interviewed by journalist Bob Cringely in 1995 for a Channel 4 series titled "Triumph Of The Nerds", the Daily Mail reported. The Apple founder - who died in October last year...
10:44 AM, Apr 30, 2012
New Delhi: Christians across India and other parts of the world took part in midnight masses and celebrations are to continue through the day that marks the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Pope will also deliver his message later on Sunday afternoon at the Vatican's mass. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh greeted the people of the nation on Easter. The Prime Minister said in his message said the universal significance of...
08:01 AM, Apr 08, 2012
United Nations: India and China will witness the largest growth in their urban populations in the next four decades, posing new challenges of providing jobs, housing, energy and infrastructure to their people, the United Nations said. The UN's '2011 Revision of the World Urbanisation Prospects' said Africa and Asia will lead the global urban population growth in the next four decades with the largest increases expected in India, China, Nigeria,...
08:46 AM, Apr 07, 2012
New Delhi: Christians around the world are observing Good Friday today. The day marks the crucification of Jesus Christ at the end of the Lent period and devotees will spend the day fasting. Good Friday is the culmination of the 40-day Lent period during which they abstained from meat, alcohol and sweets. Good Friday is observed during the Holy Week, which also includes Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday and Holy Saturday....
08:29 AM, Apr 06, 2012
New Delhi: At a time when police-population ratio is abnormally low, 16,800 VIPs across the country had more than 50,000 security personnel to guard them, nearly double the actually allotted strength. According to a Home Ministry report, 50,059 policemen were deployed in 25 states and Union Territories in 2010 to provide security to 16,788 VIPs, which included ministers, MPs, MLAs, judges and bureaucrats, for more than six months. Interestingly, only...
09:33 AM, Apr 01, 2012
San Francisco: Zynga Inc is buying OMGPOP, maker of the popular video game "Draw Something" for about $200 million in its biggest acquisition to date as the company moves to expand its lineup of games on mobile devices and Facebook. A source familiar with the matter told Reuters that Zynga bought the New York-based company for $200 million. The company declined to comment on the deal's financials or say whether...
11:31 AM, Mar 22, 2012
Cairo: Christians gathered on Sunday to pay final respects to Pope Shenouda III, who sought to soothe sectarian tension in his four decades atop Egypt's Orthodox Church but saw increasing flareups in the majority Muslim nation in the last months of his life. Friction has worsened since President Hosni Mubarak, who suppressed Islamists, was ousted last year. Since then Shenouda, who died on Saturday aged 88, often called for harmony...
04:14 PM, Mar 18, 2012
